Fiction & Creative non-fiction

  • In Kitchens We Trust

    Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now.

    “Kitchen. Chef.”

    Short fiction, published by 805 Lit + Art

  • Baby Fever

    I’m in a mall and there are babies everywhere. My biological clock is roaring. Another stroller rolls by, then a toddler babbles past me.

    Micro memoir, published by Five Minute Lit

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    The turkey wasn’t going to roast itself. Marla picked herself up off the floor and walked back to the counter…

    Short fiction, published by Sad Girl Diaries

other achievements

 
  • My novel-in-progress MISE EN PLACE made the longlist in The Masters Review 2022 Novel Excerpt Contest.

  • 805 Lit + Art nominated my debut fiction publication, IN KITCHENS WE TRUST, for the 2022 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.